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Here, six winners that hung tough, no matter what we threw their way. best single hook (decorative) SPARROW HOOK, $20 FOR TWO Cute and sturdy, this bird on a branch will add flair to your nest while holding a significant load. to buy: fredflare.com. best single hook (functional) LARGE BACH GARMENT HOOK, $10 This two-in-one hook lets you keep a kid's backpack and baseball caps in the same convenient place. to buy: thecontainerstore.com. best heavy-duty hook OXO WALL MOUNTED ORGANIZER, $20 This clever hook has knobs that turn sideways to hold up to nine awkwardly shaped items, like umbrellas and lacrosse sticks. to buy: oxo.com. best multihook (functional) TRIPLE HOOK-UP STRIP, $20 This sleek row is magnetic, so you can tack up school notes next to hoodies.

You certainly don't want your kids climbing the walls, but that vertical space is a perfectly good playground for their stuff. And since said stuff grows like kudzu, you need an orderly way to manage it all, whether that means a heavy-duty hook that can hold a 20-pound backpack (what's in there, anyway?) or a decorative one that can liven up a child's bedroom. Here, six winners that hung tough, no matter what we threw their way.

best single hook (decorative)

SPARROW HOOK, $20 FOR TWO

Cute and sturdy, this bird on a branch will add flair to your nest while holding a significant load.

to buy: fredflare.com.

best single hook (functional)

LARGE BACH GARMENT HOOK, $10

This two-in-one hook lets you keep a kid's backpack and baseball caps in the same convenient place.

to buy: thecontainerstore.com.

best heavy-duty hook

OXO WALL MOUNTED ORGANIZER, $20

This clever hook has knobs that turn sideways to hold up to nine awkwardly shaped items, like umbrellas and lacrosse sticks.

to buy: oxo.com.

best multihook (functional)

TRIPLE HOOK-UP STRIP, $20

This sleek row is magnetic, so you can tack up school notes next to hoodies. Secure incoming mail behind the top prongs. Available in six colors; also in stainless steel ($22).

to buy: threebythree.com.

best adhesive hook

3M COMMAND LARGE METAL HOOK, $12

Surprisingly sturdy, this stick-on model didn't budge under the weight of a five-pound backpack, and it came off the wall cleanly.

to buy: amazon.com.

best multihook (decorative)

ANTLER HOOK, $129

The animal-inspired shape has enough indentions for eight items. And the cool design makes it worth the extra, well, doe.

In 1985 Discount School Supply produced its first 16-page catalog of arts and crafts materials for early learners with a single focus -– to offer the highest quality products at the lowest possible cost supported by an extraordinary level of service.
Two decades later, you’ll find that our focus remains unchanged. Our catalog has grown to over 500 pages and the company has grown to become a direct-marketing leader in the early childhood school supply market. We’ve added two e-commerce websites, a news magazine and thousands of arts and crafts materials, school supplies, educational toys and instructional materials, several of them produced by us, and many of them unavailable anywhere else.